Walker and Nussey--Royal Apothecaries, 1784-1860.

The worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London.

The Society of Apothecaries is both a City livery company and an examining authority for the medical profession. Founded in 1617 by the royal apothecary Gideon de Laune leading a breakaway group from the Grocers' Company, the Society was instrumental in raising the status of apothecaries as general practitioners. Under the Apothecaries' Act (1815) the Society examined for the LSA and it now awa...

Prognosis without treatment as a modifier in health economic assessments.

Medical education and practice in Britain 150 years ago: a verbatim testimony.

On 11 February 1834 the House of Commons ordered that a select committee be appointed to inquire into and consider the laws, regulations, and usages regarding the education and practice of the various branches of the medical profession in the United Kingdom, and on 13 August it ordered the committee's report to be printed. This appeared in three volumes totalling over 800 pages and comprised mo...

The Apothecaries' Act, 1815: a Reinterpretation1

THE story of the passing of the Apothecaries' Act is an essential prelude to an assessment of the significance of that statute. The agitation for an act to regulate medical practice in the United Kingdom, and in particular to control the practice of apothecaries throughout England and Wales, began as early as 1793. From that time until 12 July 1815, when the Apothecaries' Act received the Royal...

The bicentenary of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1784-1984.

In 1984 the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland celebrates the 200th anniversary of the granting of its charter by George III in 1784. To mark this historic occasion the council of the college under the president, Professor Eoin O'Malley, will meet on 6 March 1984 in the board room of the Rotunda Hospital, where the first council sat with its president, Samuel Croker King. The bicentenary will...